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This DeshBhakt Questions Everything

Akash Banerjee is posing tough questions to the establishment -- and getting away with them.Dhruv Munjal meets the political satirist. IMAGE: Akash Banerjee. Akash Banerjee knew it was time to......

Mumbai Rains: Gurdwaras, Ganpati pandals, Mumbaikars offer shelter

Social media comes to the rescue of those stuck in every part of the island city. Mumbaikars reach out to help on August 29, 2017. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters. The heavy rains......

Testimonies of courage & concern

Readers tell us how they coped on Terrible Tuesday. Reproduced almost verbatim:27th July 05 would always remain in my mind, as a memorable day for the many lessons it gave us. That day I was in......

Nikita Anand wins Miss India crown

"The lovely dark horse!"That's how model Svengali Anu Ahuja described Nikita Anand, the 19-year-old Delhiite who won the Miss India crown on Friday night at the Goregaon Sports Club in northwest......

Indian Railways' off-track plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores

Indian Railways plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores in revenue via branding of trains, vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths, and moving billboards. IMAGE: In what may change the face......

Entertainment junkie? Here's why you'll love travelling by train

The ministry of railways is set to invite bids for content on demand and rail radio services, to be provided for travellers in April, says Shine Jacob. IMAGE: In his first train trip since 1992,......

Brands find it's not Mushkil to plug into KJo's Dil

Facebook, Airbnb, Paytm, eBay join the film’s cast of brands, look to connect with young audiences. While brand associations have become the norm for Bollywood films, Fox Star Studios took......

The radio story falls apart in India

If the idea was to make money for the government, last month's radio auctions were a huge success. If it was to expand radio's reach and variety, they fell flat, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. What......

Trai chief on how to build a fair, independent news media

Earlier this month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) put out a paper with recommendations on 'Issues relating to media ownership'. The paper talks about private treaties, paid......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......

The Magic of Raamlaxman

IMAGE: Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. Composer Raamlaxman, who passed into the ages on Saturday, May 22, was best known for his stupendous chartbusters in Sooraj......

'Shashi Kapoor didn't need to pretend'

A beloved actor and filmmaker, a generous promoter of theatre, a family man... the late Shashi Kapoor was all this and more. In Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star, Aseem Chhabra gives us......

The Best Films of Smita Patil

Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special......

Review: Sonna Puriyadh is an average entertainer

S Saraswathi says Tamil film Sonna Puriyadhu that was touted to be an out-and-out comedy has nothing new to offer. Mirchi Shiva, the popular radio jockey-turned-actor is acting in another......

Bishan Singh Bedi: The Sardar of Spin who conquered hearts

IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi with Ravichandran Ashwin and Erapalli Prasanna during the BCCI Annual Awards in Bengaluru on March 8, 2017. Photograph: BCCI He could mess with a batter's mind with his......

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